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An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured this stunning photo directly above Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, better known as Mount Doom from the Lords of the Rings movie trilogy. In a truly unique perspective, an astronaut aboard the ISS used a Nikon D5 camera and 1150mm lens to catch the moment the

Facebook users have sued its parent company Meta for allegedly tracking them via an in-app browser on iOS devices despite the strict Apple privacy policies in place. In a proposed class-action lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, two Facebook users accused the company of skirting Apple’s 2021

Meike has announced a new Canon EF to Nikon Z autofocus mount adapter. The adapter promises full electronic control of Canon’s DSLR lenses through a range of Nikon mirrorless cameras. The new MK-EFTZ-B adapter promises support for all Canon EF and EF-S lenses and the Nikon Z5, Z6, Z7, Z50, Z6 II, and Z7 II

Last spring, Ricoh launched a crowdfunding campaign in Japan for a Jet Black special edition K-3 Mark III. While originally only available in Japan, “limited quantities” of the camera can now be purchased in the United States. The Jet Black edition K-3 Mark III was originally proposed to fans of the brand during an online

Nikon’s most recent lens roadmap reveals it is working on a new power zoom optic as well as hints at a budget “holy trinity” f/2.8 zoom series. Nikon’s updated roadmap — below — includes some lenses that the company has mentioned before, such as an S-series 600mm, 135mm, 85mm, and 35mm, but adds a couple

On September 26, Jupiter will be closer to Earth than it has come in the last 59 years which combines with the gas giant’s opposition, which should result in spectacular views. During their orbit around the sun, sometimes Earth finds itself directly between the Sun and one of the other planets in the Solar System.

Gavin Newson, the Governor of California, has signed a bill aimed at protecting minors on social media. AB 2273 establishes the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act which is slated to go into effect on July 1, 2024. It “requires online platforms to consider the best interest of child users and to default to privacy and

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is the world’s first planetary defense test mission and it has deployed a smaller “mini photographer” spacecraft that will record all of the details of its planned impact with an asteroid. DART is a NASA spacecraft that is designed to deflect an asteroid as part of a test program

Artificially intelligent (AI) images generated by machines are for sale en-masse on stock photo websites such as Shutterstock, iStock, and Adobe Stock. The development means there is increased competition for photographers on what were traditionally called photography stock websites, but might be now better described as something else. A search on Shutterstock with the term

Figma Adobe has announced it has purchased Figma, a popular design platform and Adobe XD competitor, for $20 billion in cash and stock. The company says the merger will “usher in a new era of collaborative creativity.” Figma has been a heavy competitor of Adobe XD for some time and its system allowed designers of

Tokina has announced the atx-m 11-18mm f/2.8 E, its first super-wide-angle zoom lens designed exclusively for mirrorless and promises full compatibility with Sony E-Mount APS-C cameras. The new lens has a 17-27mm full-frame 35mm equivalent focal range on APS-C cameras (an angle of view of between 104 and 77 degrees) along with a consistent f/2.8

Two researchers from the University of California, Davis have created a camera that uses a microlens array and new image processing algorithms to capture 3D photos in a single exposure. Weijian Yang, Ph.D., and doctoral student Feng Tian say that because the camera is able to learn from existing data on how to digitally reconstruct

MonsterAdapter has announced an upgraded version of its LA-VE1 Minolta V to Sony E mount adapter. The LA-VE2 adds autofocus and allows all eight Minolta Vectis lenses to work with Sony mirrorless cameras. As explained by MonsterAdapter, the Minolta V-mount was an autofocus-equipped SLR system that was launched in 1996 in parallel to the Alpha

Instagram will be testing a “repost” feature that would allow users to share other people’s posts in their own feeds. The repost feature was first spotted by social media consultant, Matt Navarra in a video posted on Twitter by Instagram head Adam Mosseri. In the clip, Mosseri uses his own Instagram account to demonstrate the

A federal judge has halted the controversial new state law in Arizona that bans people from photographing and filming police officers within 8 feet. The new law, which opponents have slammed as a violation of free speech, was to go into effect on September 24th. The Arizona Republic reports that U.S. District Court Judge John

Meta has dissolved the Responsible Innovation Team, an internal group whose job it was to address “potential harms to society” that would be caused by Facebook and its products. As reported by Engadget and the Wall Street Journal, the team of roughly two dozen engineers, ethicists, and others whose job it was to identify and

Insta360 has announced the X3, a 360-degree camera that features a larger sensor and bigger touchscreen than its predecessor as well as the ability to capture 5.7K 360-degree video and 72-megapixel photos. The X3 boosts the size of both the sensor and display over the previous model, the One X2. Firstly, the display on the

Panasonic has announced a new large-aperture ultra-wide prime lens to its L-mount lineup: the Lumix S 18mm f/1.8. This new lens brings its total f/1.8 prime lens support for its S-series cameras to five optics. The new lens is constructed of 13 lens elements in 12 groups and includes three aspherical lenses, three ED (extra-low

Luxury car manufacturer Pagani has teamed up with Italian large format camera maker Gibellini to produce a limited edition, opulent 8×10 analog camera. Only 75 units of the Gibellini GP810HP camera will be made, with the initial batch of 30 cameras being offered exclusively to current Pagani owners. Pagani is a high-end sports manufacturer, known

LG has followed in the footsteps of Samsung and announced a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform for its televisions that will allow users to buy, sell, and display their digital artwork in their living rooms. Called LG Art Lab, the platform is rolling out today to all LG televisions that are running webOS 5.0 or